THE DRILLED WELLS. 



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The increase was very slow up to the end of 1892, but during 

 the following year a sudden rise took place, increasing the production 

 by 1 \ lakhs of viss. As we know that in that year the number of 

 productive wells had not much increased we must attribute this rise 

 chiefly to the deepening of the wells which were thus rendered 

 more profitable. A small rise, amounting to a little less than 1 lakh 

 of viss, was noticed in 1894, but this can be attributed with great 

 certainty to the new wells dug between 1893 anc * 1894. 



Section V.-— The Drilled Wells. 



Although boring for oil in Upper Burma was started. as early as 

 1887, it cannot be said that during the following year the progress 

 of operations had been either rapid or extensive. Kodoung, 

 between the Twingon and Berne area, had been selected for the 

 operations, and up to end of 1888 only two borings were made, one 

 of which hardly yielded any oil. Matters seemed very little 

 encouraging, but the Burma Oil Company, which had undertaken 

 the borings held on, and eventually success awarded their exertions. 



The year 1889 marks an epoch in the history of the Yenan- 

 gyoung oil field, because it is in this year that the number of borings 

 at Kodoung quickly increased. 



In the following year the Burma oil syndicate started boring 

 operations south of the Berne tract, in blocks 1 S.and 2 S., they were, 

 however, not awarded the success they deserved, none of the holes 

 produced even a trace of petroleum, although considerable quantities 



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